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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Concordia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Concordia and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Concordia:
    • 34.233441, -82.754024
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Concordia
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Elbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert County
    • Since Concordia is near Anderson County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Concordia

Communities Also Named Concordia ...

We found seven communities that are also named Concordia.

Within Georgia, the name Concordia is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Cloud County
      • This Concordia is located in Cloud County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cloud County community of Concordia.
    • Kentucky
      • Meade County
      • This Concordia is located in Meade County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Concordia.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Concordia [Concordia Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This Concordia is located in Bolivar County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Concordia.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Concordia is located in Lafayette County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Concordia.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Concordia is located in Middlesex County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Concordia.
    • Texas
      • Nueces County
      • This Concordia is located in Nueces County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Concordia that is located in Elbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Concordia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Concordia ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Coldwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Coldwater is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Crafts Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Crafts Ferry is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Ferry
  • Duke ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Duke is located in Abbeville County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Harpers Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Harpers Ferry is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
  • Parks Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Parks Ferry is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
  • Rock Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rock Branch is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch

How Far From Concordia to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Concordia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Concordia once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Concordia and extending to:

  • Elberton, which is the Seat of Elbert County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Concordia to Elberton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Concordia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Concordia could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Concordia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Concordia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Concordia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2334, Longitude: -82.7540       In this case, the coordinates for Concordia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.315 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.666 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.527 degrees.